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Indian Hills Elementary Spelling Bee

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YouTube / Auburn-Washburn USD 437
Date
2026-01-15
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Shawnee County, KS
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1,663 words · about 10 min
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2026-06-05

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001Oh, I lost Emma. Are we good to go ahead and start? Your word is far away. >> Far away. F A R A W A Y. Far away. >> Correct. >> Sorry guys. [laughter] >> Your word is pirates. >> Pirate. Pirates. P I R E S T S. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Your word is wooden. >> Wooden. W O D E N. Wooden. >> Crash. >> Your word is breakfast. >> Breakfast. B R E A K F A S T. Breakfast. >> Correct. >> Your word is acrobat. >> Acrobat. A C R >> O B A T. Acrobat. >> Correct. >> Your word is chocolate. >> Chocolate. C H O C O >> L A T E. Chocolate. >> Correct. >> Your word is elephant. >> Elephant. E L E P H A

002N T elephant. >> Correct. >> Your word is recipe. >> Recipe. R E C I E P E. Recipe. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. Your word has two or more correct spellings and we will accept either one. Your word is surprise. >> Can you tell me the different definition? >> Something unexpected or astonishing. Surprise. [snorts] >> Surprise. S U R S R I P E. Surprise. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. Your word is bombarded. >> Bombarded. B A. >> Can I start over? >> We have to take the BA, but you can start over. You'll have to say B A. E A M B A R D E D bombarded. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. >> Your word is incredible. >> Incredible. I N C R E D A B L E. Incredible. >> Sorry, that's incorrect.

003Your word is countest. >> Can you use it in a sentence, please? >> I can. The countest had a reputation for mistreating her servants. Countest. C O U N T E S S. Countest. >> Correct. >> Your word is peppercorn. >> Peppercorn. P E P E R C O R N. Peppercorn. All right. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is raise. To lift higher. Raise. Raise. R a I s e. Raise. >> Correct. Your word is zooming. >> Zooming. Z O O M I N G. Zooming. >> Correct. >> Your word is turnout. >> Turnout. T U R N O U T. Turnout. >> Correct. >> Your word is street lights. >> Street lights. S T E E T L I G HT. >> Sorry, that's incorrect.

004>> Your word is courtyard. >> Courtyard. C O U R T Y A R D. Courtyard. >> Correct. Your word is asleep. >> Asleep. A S L E P. Asleep. >> Correct. Your word is dinosaur. >> Dinosaur. D I N O S A U R. Dinosaur. >> Correct. Your word is vacuum. >> Vacuum. V a >> c u u n. Vacuum. >> Correct. >> Your word is monsoon. >> Monsoon. M O N S T O O N A. Monsoon. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. Your word is avocado. >> Avocado. A v o c a d o. Avocado. >> Correct. >> Your word is February. >> February. F E R U A R Y. February. >> Correct. >> Your word is especially. >> Especially E. >> Wait. So like especially >> especially. Do you have a question

005you want to ask? >> Like >> can you use it in a sentence? >> I can. Everything at the restaurant was too spicy. Especially the pad thai. especially E X >> S P E S L E >> I'm I think right. >> Your word is scorcher. >> Scorcher. I s c o r o r o r o r o r o r o r o r o r o r o u r t. >> Sorry, that's that's incorrect. Your word is fragments. Fragment. >> Can you use it in a sentence? >> I can. Uh, Flo discovered fragments of an ancient Roman mosaic at the archaeological dig. Fragments. >> [snorts] >> fragments. F R E G M E N T S. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Unleash. U N L E A S H. Unleash.

006>> Correct. Cosmetics. >> Cosmetics. Can you say sentences? >> I can't. Kaitlyn love doing her makeup and trying out different cosmetics. >> Cosmetics. C O Z M E D I C S cosmetics. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Frustration. F R U S T A T I O N. Frustration. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Mascot. M A S K O T. Mascot. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. That's the end of OUR FIRST ROUND. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, audience members, you're not even to be mouthing the letters of how to spell it. Keep your mouth completely closed. Got it? >> Yeah. >> Okay. And then I need four up to Nathan. Come up here and you'll stay in order. >> Okay. And then you guys just down and then back row. You'll come

007up to the second row. Stay in order. Okay. Ready? >> Okay. Right. Beginning of our second round. Uh, your word has two or more correct spellings, so we will accept either version of it. Okay. Your word is mustache. Mustache. M U S T A C H E. Mustache. >> Correct. >> Perfume. P U R F U M E. Perfume. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. >> Tuxedo. T U X E D O. Tuxedo. >> Correct. >> Lurches. >> Can you give me a definition? >> I can. Moves unsteady or in a series of stops and starts. It's like they're staggering. Lurches. >> L. E R C H E S chips. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Prognosis. >> Can you give me a definition? I can the act or art of foretelling the course of a disease.

008Prognosis. Prognosis. P R O G N O S I S. Prognosis. >> That's correct. Your word has a homony or could be confused with another word. Your word is sequins. A small fat disc usually of shiny metal used on clothing. Sequins. >> Can you use in a sentence? >> Can't. Kayla sewed beads on top of the sequins to keep them in place. Sequins. >> Sequins. S E Q U E E N C E sequence. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Fabulous. F A B U L O S. Fabulous. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. Fluently. >> Fluently. F L U E N T L Y. Fluently. >> Correct. Brandished. >> Can you use that in the sentence? >> Yeah. >> The pirates brandished their musketss to the merchants while demanding that they turn over their goods. Brandished.

009>> Brandished. B R A N D I S H. Brandished. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. >> Anguish. >> Can I use that in a sentence, please? Rowan felt considerable anguish at losing the pen her grandmother had given her before she died. Anguish. >> English. [clears throat] A n u g i s h. English. >> I'm sorry that's incorrect. Rickety. >> Rickety. R I C K A D Y. Rickety. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. The following has more than one correct spelling. We will accept either one. The word is pediatric. Pediatric. P E D I A C T R I C K. Pediatric. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Democracy. D E M O C R A C Y. Democracy. >> Correct. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is beige.

010A variable color of light gray, yellow, brown. Beige. >> Could you use it in a sentence, please? >> Tired of the beige walls in her home, Ellen decided to repaint all the rooms with bold colors. Beige. >> Beige. B A I G E. Beige. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Grimace. G R I M A C E Grimace. >> Correct. >> Enormous. E N O R M O U S. Enormous. >> Correct. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is nautical of or relating or associated with sailors and ships. Nautical. >> Can you use it in a sentence? >> Can uh Siri used a glossery of nautical terms among other things as [clears throat] reference when writing her novel about the high seas. >> Nautical. N O T

011I C A L. Nautical. >> I'm sorry. That's incorrect. Ebony. >> Ebony. E B O N Y. Ebony. >> Correct. >> That's the end of our second round. [applause] No. Well, we need to give him one, but we do. >> Okay. I don't know where they're all >> Should we move chairs if they would open up any spots behind it? >> I just really want >> Yeah. Why don't we head back to the >> Oh, I think she meant me. Should we move those chairs, but I don't think kids sit behind him. She's doing an all call, so more kids are coming. We're trying to figure out where they Please. We are ready for round three. Yep. Come on up for spelling. H. [clears throat] Your word has two or more correct spellings. It also

012has a homonym or could be confused with another word. So, we'll accept either spelling. But let me give you the definition. Your word is poultry. Inferior or worthless? Poultry. >> Poultry. P U L T R Y. Poultry. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. [snorts] Your word is garbled. Garbled. G A R B L E D. Garbled. >> Correct. Imitation. >> Can you put it in a definition? >> Yes. Something that is made or produced as a copy, an artificial likeness or counterfeit. Imitation. >> Imitation. I m a t a t i o n me imitation. >> I'm sorry that's incorrect. >> Receptionist. R E C E P T I O N I S T. Receptionist. >> Correct. >> Plausible. P L A U S I B L E plausible >> correct. >> Commotion. C O M

013O T I O N. Commotion >> correct. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is immigrants. Persons that come to a country for the purpose of permanent residence. Immigrants. >> Immigrants. I m a g r a n ts. Immigrants. >> I'm sorry, that's incorrect. >> Spectators. S P E C T A T O R S. Spectators. >> Correct. And the end of our round. [applause] Okay, ready. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is suspicious. Arousing or tending to arouse the imagination or apprehension of something going wrong. Suspicious. >> Suspicious. S U S P, I s I O U S. Suspicious. Sorry, that's incorrect. >> Ramshackle. R A M S H A C K L E. Ramshackle. >> Correct. >> Your

014word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is heron. A waving bird that has a long neck and legs and a long tapering bill. Heron. >> Heron. H E R O N. Heron. >> Correct. Your word has two or more correct spellings. We will accept either one. Your word is nomad. >> Nomad. N O M A D. Nomad. >> Correct. >> Skewer. S K E W E R. Skewer. >> That is correct. And the end of our round. [applause] Lunacy. >> Lunacy. L U N A C Y. Lunacy. >> Correct. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is bracken. A large coarse fern. Bracken. >> Bracken. B R A C K E N. Bracken. >> Correct. >> Neon. N E O N. Neon.

015>> Correct. >> Hypnosis. H Y P N O S I S hypnosis. >> Correct. And the end of our ROUND [applause] GUSTO. >> Can you use it as a sentence, please? >> I can. Lahi approached painting with the gusto of one unrestrained by rules or schools of thought. Gusto. Can I have a definition, please? >> Mhm. Uh, visibly marked by an overabundance of healthy, positive vigor and enthusiasm. Gusto. >> Gusto. G U S T A U. Gusto. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. >> Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is gleaned. Picked up or scraped together in a peace mule fashion. Gleaned. >> Gleaned. G L E A N. >> Can you repeat the word again? >> Gleaned. >> Can I start over? >> We'll still accept all the

016ones you've already said, though. >> G L E A N D. Sorry, that's incorrect. >> Winsome. >> Can you use it in a sentence? >> Mhm. The little Tikeke's winsome smile won him many friends. >> Winsome. W I N S O M E. Winsome. >> That is correct. >> Galore. Galore. G A L O R E. Galore. >> That is correct. And the end of our round. [applause] All >> [snorts] >> right. Can you guys um Walker >> Arouchian Walker, could you come back up here for a minute, please? So, because they went out in the same round, they both are actually tied for third place. So, we want to have a little spell off here for a second to see who gets third place. Okay. So, if you guys just come here and start

017121. Yep. >> All right. Your word is atrium. Can you give me a definition? >> Uhhuh. A square hall from which other rooms open and which is used as a sitting room in a modern house. Atrium. >> Atrium. A t r i u m. Atrium. >> That is correct. So just stay up there. Uh, your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Always good. Uh, your word is savant. A person of learning especially with detailed knowledge in a special field. A scholar. A savant. >> What's what's the origin? >> Uh, let's see. French which this word is from French which formed it from Latin. S A V A N T Savant. >> That is correct. >> Hippies. Hippies. H I P I E S. Hippies. >> That's correct. >> Campaign. C

018A M P A. Can you repeat the word again? >> Campaign. >> C A M P I >> A G N. >> Sorry, that's incorrect. [applause] Okay. All right. So now we have our top two. So uh kind of like theirs where they would have to they have to win their round. So if one of them doesn't if they both don't spell it right, we just keep going and go to the next round. If one of them doesn't spell it right in the in the round, then they have to have another word to spell it correctly to like win their whole round to win the beat. So just to kind of explain that to you. All right. Okay. Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is mosque. A

019building used for public worship by Muslims. Mosque. >> Mosque. M O S Q U E. Mosque. >> Correct. >> Your word is warlock. Warlock. W A R L O C K. Warlock. >> Correct. And the end of the round. [applause] Your word has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is convulsively in a manner producing or accompanied by an unnatural violent contraction of the muscles. Convulsively. >> Convulsively. C O N V U L S I V E L Y. Convulsively. >> That is correct. Garishly. >> Garishly. G A R I S H L Y. Garishly. >> That is correct. End of the round. [applause] >> Everest. E V E R E S T. Everest. >> Correct. Coorting. >> Coverorting. >> C A B O R T I N G. Good morning.

020>> That is correct. And end of the round. [applause] >> Your word has a homony or could be confused with another word. Your word is conscience. The sense of right or wrong within the individual. Conscience. >> Conscience. C O N T I O N S. Conscious. >> I'm sorry. Incorrect. Your word also has a homonym or could be confused with another word. Your word is differential. Showing or expressing courteous regard for another's wishes. Differential. >> Differential. D E F E R E N T I A L. Differential. >> That is correct. [applause] >> So you need to come and say one more word to win your whole round. Okay. Uh, the following word has two or more correct spellings. We will accept either one. It also has a homonym that could be confused with another

021word. Your word is khaki. A durable cotton or woolen cloth used for military uniforms. Khaki. >> Khaki. K h a k i. khaki. >> And that is correct. AND [applause] WALKER, do you want to come up and get up for a second? Okay. So, congratulations to our top three. So, give them another round. [applause] Will you come and say your name and tell us what grade? >> Okay. Julia and I'm in fifth grade. >> Okay, stand over here. >> And in fourth grade, >> Walker in fourth grade. >> Nice job. [applause] >> So, the first two, the first and the second place will go on to represent Indian Hills at the district spelling bee competition. And third place will be an alternate just in case one of them cannot attend. So congratulations to them. [applause]

022All right, we'll get pictures of the three of you. Those who participated, you are able to keep your spelling be pin if it's still on you. Um or if you have classmates out of here, be sure to tell them that. But we'll get a photo of our winners and the rest of you are free to go. Thank you.

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